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Senior Brenna Crowe Graduates Cancer Free CECILIA LEVINE

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While many Pace seniors will be rejoicing in the glory of higher-educational freedom on May 23, senior Brenna Crowe will be wrapping up personal celebrations as this year’s commencement ceremony is scheduled to occur two days after the one year anniversary of her cancer diagnosis.

Crowe is currently in remission from stage four Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a slow spreading cancer of the blood that targets the spleen. She publicly shared her story with the Pace community for the first time when she gave the Survivor Speech at this year’s sixth annual Relay for Life on Friday, April 25.

“It was so surreal - I’ve never been to Relay until I gave that speech,” said Crowe, who transferred into Pace her sophomore year from Framingham State University. “I got to tell exactly

what happened and didn’t have to make up a story. Right after I walked off the stage people came up to me in the bathroom crying, and in the survivor room people were saying how inspirational I was. I was glad to have been able to touch people, I didn’t think I’d get that kind of response.”

As Crowe’s peers were praying for an interview at their dream jobs last semester, she was praying that she would make it out of chemotherapy alive, and with a full head of hair.

“That’s the biggest thing, every single person that’s gotten same chemo as I did lost all their hair by the second treatment,” said Crowe, who made use of every hair-retention remedy from silk sheets to baby shampoo in hopes of keeping her long, brown locks.

“That’s literally all I prayed for.

I was like, ‘I’ll make it through chemo, but I won’t have my hair.’

My priorities are not in line.”

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Pace senior and member of CAC, Caylie Lehrer, spoke about her mother’s battle with leiomyosarcoma at this year’s Relay For Life event.

Pace Pleasantville raised over $39,000 at its sixth annual Relay for Life in the Goldstein Fitness Center last Fri., May 25.

This year’s 12 hour event, which is held every April, officially started at four in the afternoon when students from on-campus organizations, staff and the local community united to celebrate life and fight against cancer. Many students and organizations began fundraising at the beginning of the semester though bake sales, tabling events, and auctions.

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The World” to be this year’s Relay’s theme which symbolized the fact that cancer is a non-discriminating global disease. Events showcased different cultures, ways of life as each organization provided cultural delicacies to the tune of traditional music provided by W-PAW. Activities ranged from the Brazilian carnival to the all-American speed pitch station to an inflatable bungee run.

The event has some traditional aspects of its own such as the lumineria ceremony in which white sandwich bags filled with lights were illuminated as participants remembered loved ones lost to cancer. This year’s survivor speech was given by Pace senior and Hodgkin’s Lymphoma survivor Brenna Crowe, who is finishing her academic career as a communications major and criminal justice minor. Though this was Crowe’s first experience at Relay, senior childhood education major Caylie Lehrer has been attend-

Fights Require Police Involvement CECILIA LEVINE

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Photo courtesy of Brenna Crowe Brenna Crowe celebrates her final chemotherapy treatment

Pace’s CAC Holds Sixth Annual Relay For Life CHRISTOPHER D’ERASMO

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Photo courtesy of Caylie Lehrer Caylie Lehrer spoke at Relay of her mother’s battle with leimyosarcoma ing every year. This year, Lehrer spoke about her mother’s fight with a rare form of cancer called leiomyosarcoma that attacks smooth muscle cells.

Although Lehrer said that she was initially hesitant to speak at the event, she volunteered herself as it was something that she knew she wanted to do as this Relay would be her last at Pace.

“The lumineria lap is where most of the emotions hit me because my dad was there which

made it that much more special,” said Lehrer, who is also a member of CAC and independently volunteered to share her story with the community. “Not too many people knew my story… and I hope that my story inspired everyone to keep relaying and raising awareness.”

Although Relay has already occurred, CAC encourages students and organizations to continue fundraising throughout the academic year.

The Mount Pleasant Police Department was called to Pace’s Pleasantville campus when a fight erupted in a series of brawls between North Hall residents and members of the baseball team in the early morning hours of Friday, April 26.

Some involved players have been suspended indefinitely from the team. All baseball players were instructed not to comment by head coach Henry Manning, who was unavailable for comment, and the player who suffered physical injuries declined to comment when contacted by The Pace Chronicle.

“Due to an active investigation into this matter, we have no comment at this time until that process is completed by Pace Security,” said Director of Athletics Mark Brown, although Executive Director of Pace Security Vincent Beatty said that the Mount Pleasant Police Department is conducting the investigation as the incident was reported by one of the involved students.

According to the police report, one of Pace’s pitchers told Officer Walter O’Keefe that residents of North Hall attempted to mediate an argument that he was having with his girlfriend when his teammates, who were intoxicated, began to challenge students from North Hall.

Some of North Hall’s residents who observed the dispute between Pace’s pitcher and his girlfriend say that there may have been some form of a physical altercation between the two. The athlete told police that he and his girlfriend were fighting as they were walking back from Paulie’s Bar and Grill when a resident, identified in the police report by the pitcher as Ray, attempted to mediate the situation.

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An inside look at Pace’s Greek Week, the Greek Olympics, and “Grunity.” Plus, a special interview with Robert Thomas Jones on page five.

A new phenomenon of “side chicks” has become popular, with movies like The Other Woman.

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Which campus won the intramural sports this year? Find out the winners, and discover how you can get involved!

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Crowe has managed to retain some of her hair which appears to be a miracle to doctors. She insists that the hardest part of recovery is coping with her new look.

“I have to go out to Paulie’s [bar] and my wig will start to fall off if someone hugs me or bumps into me. It’s like, what am I supposed to say? I feel the need to explain myself, like to someone that doesn’t know me, how do I even say that I’m wearing a wig?,” said Crowe, who is a communications major and criminal justice minor.

With support from her friends, however, Crowe is settling into her short hair and her new perspective on life.

“Overall [Crowe] kept such a positive attitude,” said senior applied psychology major Vanessa Paganelli who accompanied Crowe to Boston for some chemotherapy treatments and on a recent trip to Cancun. “Every time I called her she always had something positive to say, never dwelling on what was happening inside of her body and she would be like, ‘so I have new ideas for my Cancer Diaries.’”

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I literally thought I would be dead,” said Crowe in an interview with The Pace Chronicle last September. “I would stay up all night crying and watching other people’s YouTube videos.”

Crowe introduced her audience to her loved ones as the cameras followed her to hospital visits and family celebrations.

The series gave a private and introspective look into Crowe’s fight as she disclosed personal doubts and put her changing body on display.

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their wig off so that I could see what their hair looked like,” she said in the episode.

Aside from the physical changes such as alleged weight gain and hair loss, the chemotherapy affected Crowe cognitively as well.

“I have this thing called ‘chemo brain,’ I forget everything,” said Crowe, who says that she sometimes forgets where her wig is while it is on her head. “The doctors say it usually takes two years for it to stop.”

Crowe, who claims she has always been whimsical and spontaneous, has gained a new appreciation for every passing minute.

“People take life so serious; you will have responsibilities like school and a job but I don’t want to look back on my life when I’m 90 years old like ‘damn it, I wish I did that,’” said Crowe, who plans on traveling to Los Angeles following graduation.

Despite the hard evidence that indicates a history of cancer and visual recordings of her speech at Relay, which Crowe described as being crazy and emotional, she still finds it difficult to believe that she was ever affected by Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

“I can’t wait until December when I can say that I had cancer and now I’m fine,” said Crowe in an interview with The Pace Chronicle last September.

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On Wednesday, April 23, James Eyring performed an hour-long demonstration of his collection of birds of prey that live in the Environmental Center on campus. Because of the heavy winds, Eyring made the decision to not fly the birds due to the risk of injury or loss of the birds.

As an expert in falconry, his knowledge about the variety of the birds is invaluable.

“Falconry is a hunting sport,

a blood sport. Ideally, you would fly a wild bird of prey and catch wild game,” explains Eyring. “If you think about it, in the Middle Ages there were no guns, so if you wanted to eat (certain types of) poultry, you’d need a bird of prey to get some, because catching ducks is very difficult.”

With over 50 attendees ranging from age eight to 70, the birds of prey got to spread their wings.

To see the birds in their element, Eyring flies his birds around 2 pm every day in the field next to Kessel Student Center.

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Greek Week Promotes Campus “Grunity” TAYLOR LONGENBERGER NEWS EDITOR

Greek Week, a seven day opportunity that serves as a platform for members of Pace’s Greek community to further unite, was held last week, from Mon. April 21 to Sun. April 27.

Different events for each day of the week brought all Greek chapter organizations together for a unified celebration.

“Greek Week has created a tradition for Greeks and the entire campus to enjoy a week full of campus activities,” Assistant Director of Greek Life Robert Thomas Jones said. “With all four councils coming together and involving achievements of the entire Greek community Greek week promotes their way of life.”

With all of the Greek organizations joining together, there is a great sense of pride for their letters as well as for Pace.

“It’s a great opportunity for Greeks to be able to express ‘Grunity’, or Greek Unity,” Jones said. “Teams of with different chapters all working together as one create a sense of grunity that may not always be seen. You have to remember that we are stronger as one than as several different parts.”

Greek week chairs, Denika Desert and Alison Wu, created the events that would promote a greater attendance and overall positive experience for those participating.

Teams of Chapters were made in order to bring all of the four governing councils, Panhellenic (UPC), Interfraternity (IFC), National Pan-hellenic (NPHC), and North-American Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO). Each team consisted of chapters belonging to different councils. The teams participated in each of the events of the week together and represented a country as the theme for the week was “Greeks Go Global.”

A social media challenge was also incorporated that spanned throughout the entire week. If a picture was taken that had people from multiple chapters within it and was placed on a social media outlet with accompanied by the hashtags #Grunity or #GreeksGoGlobal the team received points towards the winning goal.

Events began on Monday with the Greek Week kick-off in Butcher Suite where rules for the week were discussed. The Greek chapters came out on Tuesday to promote Pace Athletics with

a baseball barbeque prior to the game and later took an allGreek Photo. Organizations were awarded based on scholarship on Wednesday at the Plynteria Academic Luncheon, followed

by My Big Fat Greek Dinner in Butcher Suite where seniors were acknowledged for their achievements. On Thursday, Tri Crown rang out in the Briarcliff Cafeteria with a competition of academics, entertainment, and unity.

“This year, Tri-Crown is the event that could bring nonGreeks out and experience the community of grunity,” Jones said.

A seven minute presentation on the each team’s respective country represented the academic portion of the competition, a rewrite of a song in order to make it fit with Greek-life at Pace represented the entertainment portion, and a creation of a dance or stroll represented the unity portion.

Many of the students participating in the Tri-Crown event were excited to support their teams.

“I like that everyone is here and gets together,” sophomore marketing major and member of Phi Sigma Sigma Angelina

Galbo said. “We have mixers and parties with other orgs but never something as a whole. It is nice to have events with everyone here.”

Many of the Greek Chapters participated in Relay for life on Friday and the Spring Carnival on Saturday.

The Greek Olympics, a series of field events held on Miller Lawn on Sunday, wrapped up the week.

“I think it’s a great way for Greeks to unite,” Chairperson of Greek Week Wu said. “We are not always unified, but Greek week really brings us all together.”

Although Greek Life only constitutes 13 percent of the Pace Pleasantville campus, the Greek presence does not go unnoticed.

“These are the same students that you live with in the resident halls and sit with in classes, they may be intimidating as a whole, but I wish that non-Greeks would be participating as well,” Jones said. “With recruitment always being a priority, it’s important for non-Greeks to feel welcome to come out to the week’s events.

Greek Week should always have Greeks and non-Greeks coming together.”

SGA Update TAYLOR LONGENBERGER NEWS EDITOR

Student Government Association (SGA) met in Lienhard lecture hall Fri. April 25.

Senate voted full time faculty member Howard Weishaus as Legislative Advisor for the 20142015 school year. Weishaus had previously held the position as Legislative advisor for several years and will now be able to continue his work through the position once again.

Newly elected SGA officers were inducted by Senior Vice President and COO of Westchester Services, Bill McGrath and Associate Vice President and Dean for Students, Lisa Bardill Moscaritolo. New officers will be running the SGA meeting as of next week.

Constitutional amendments were presented to Senate, all but the amendment to add a Vice President of Programming for each Organization were approved.

1. The legislative branch of SGA will now include “a single representative from each recognized organization… and two representatives from each school at Pace University Pleasantville.”

The single representative for each organization will still be composed of one senator 2. The Associate Justices will now have a voice in senate, where they had not previously.

Budget Allocation Committee (BAC) will now vote on the Vice President of Finance’s By-Laws, which will then be sent to senate following the approval.

3. The theme of Justice was removed from the Vice President of Unity and Social Justice’s position as the theme will not be the same for next year.

Photo courtesy of Christine Vega Photo courtesy of Suzie Farner Members of Pace’s Greek community gathered together for a photo opportunity at this year’s Greek Olympics

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Things escalated when more residents and members of the baseball team became involved.

Security supervisor Andrew Elliott observed almost 40 students about to fight outside of North Hall at 2:53 a.m. “[Witnesses] kept talking to themselves and after a point they said, ‘that’s wrong, you don’t put your hands on a girl,’ and they went to intervene,” said one RA who did not want to be named.

One of North’s residents said that he was sleeping in his room and awoke to a female yelling “get off me” repeatedly.

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ficers O’Keefe and Luke Oliveri were dispatched at this time and dispersed the students. One athlete pulled the fire alarm in the boy’s section of the first floor of North when security requested that he leave the building, according to the RA. The athlete began cursing and told everyone that he would be back in an hour. Officers saw a student who was telling other townhouse residents that they would meet at North Hall in one hour, according to the police report. The subject was compliant with patrol and returned to the townhouses upon request.

The senior pitcher was observed with a laceration on his nose although he did not immediately receive medical treatment, according to the police report.

The pitcher told police on Satur-

day that he had hospital paperwork showing that he sustained a broken nose.

At 3:45 a.m. Elliot called police headquarters and reported a disturbance on the second floor of North Hall.

“There were like 12 of [the baseball players] trying to bang down my door,” said one resident, who had an involved member of the prior incident in his room at the time. “One of them yelled ‘open the door you black piece of s**t.’”

According to the police report, several members of the baseball team were trying to enter a particular dorm room although some teammates were successful in restraining their friends to prevent them from getting in trouble.

Other baseball players were disrespectful towards two RAs

in North Hall, according to witnesses and the RAs. One RA was shoved by a baseball player while enforcing quiet hours and a different player grabbed a dormitory phone from another RA’s hand and hung it up when the RA attempted to call campus security.

“What mainly concerns me is the fact that [the baseball players] were easily able to get into the residence hall,” RA of North Hall Patrick Dooley said. “What if they had a gun?”

The pitcher, who is a Staten Island native, contacted Mount Pleasant Police on Sat., April 26, and advised that he wanted to peruse a charge which was not specified in the police report.

The charge will be pursued if he chooses to follow up with police, according to the police.

4. The Executive Advisor will be the Director of Student Development and Campus Activities (SDCA) or an appointee. If the director of SDCA chooses to appoint a new person, they must inform SGA E-board at least 2 weeks in advance and meet with SGA Executive-board (E-Board) to discuss nominees. SDCA director will make the decision and the SGA E-board will inform students of the decision.

5. Media groups must submit a form of recognition to the SGA E-board, in which case they will not be required to host programming as it will not be assumed that organizations wish to have media group status. Any media group must maintain a membership of at least 5 members, fulfill SGA and SDCA requirements, and shall never be considered dormant.

6. Outlying funds from the previous fiscal year will now follow a series of processes in order to be approved for use in the following year.

FEATURE Carpe Diem Travel Abroad An inside look at studying abroad; from education overseas to off-campus and anything in between

International Students Weigh In SIMONE JOHNSON COLUMNIST

Whenever Balbino Rodriguez gets homesick for his hometown in Catalunya, he goes to a restaurant in Manhattan called España, which serves all of the traditional food he is used to back home.

Catalunya is not a part of Spain as many people misconceive, it is a nationality in Spain which is currently trying to gain its independence.

“There’s a culture where people are goal-oriented and work really hard,” Balbino said. “We are also family-oriented, value having fun and the food is awesome.”

Before senior history major and accelerated special education Master’s degree student Rodriguez came to Pace he attended a boarding school in Switzerland and Yale University for one year.

Balbino decided to serve in the United States Marine Corps for six years, continuing his studies online and graduating with a B.A. in Business Administration.

Studying in the U.S. has had its ups and downs. “Blending in the U.S. and keeping with tradition has been difficult” explained Balbino, “and there’s not a lot of Spaniards running around to relate to.” Luckily, Balbino happened to befriend another international student on campus who is from the same region in Catalunya.

Senior environmental studies major Georgina Goulding is from Wellington, New Zealand, and is graduating this May after attending Pace on a swimming scholarship. Goulding plans on getting a master’s degree in environmental management. During her time in the U.S., Goulding participated in the Greece travel course and traveled to Ohio, Florida, Boston and Seattle, all experiences she described as memorable.

There are 1500 international students on the New York City campus and only 13 in Pleasantville. As a student from Mexico, Pace Chronicle Copy Editor Carlos Villamayor expressed his thoughts on lack of support and events for international students in Pleasantville, in a recent opinion piece called “Taco Tuesday is Not Enough.”

Villamayor wrote that there were few activities during the International Students and Scholars Office’s (ISSO) International Education Week, no different than the typical study abroad fair stripped of any events promoting international student engagement. Villamayor also wrote that ISSO doesn’t provide international students with recreational opportunities; it doesn’t even provide the basics.

Gould says she was lucky in that she was always busy with the swim team, that lack of events did not bother her. Balbino thinks both students and the administration can do more to host events and create more of a sense of community for international students in Pleasantville.

“Pace makes you feel welcome, it’s making friends that’s hard sometimes. I’d say have more events. Not all of us (international students) know each other. We may see each other at orientation and that’s it,” Rodriguez said.

Interim University Director of International Programs and Services and Assistant Director of Faculty-Led Study Abroad Theresa Frey, says that she hears and understands the concerns of international students, and says her office is in the process of hiring a Pleasantville-based fulltime coordinator to work with international students.

“We understand we’re not there yet, but we will be growing in coming years to meet the need. But we are happy, the more student voices we hear, the more their needs and wants can be met,” Frey said. “We want to hear what both international and U.S. students are interested in.”

Frey also said the Office of International Programs and Services would be happy to support students interested in starting a club for international students and building a community of international education.

International students can look forward to significant changes starting in the fall, thanks to their growing community and the voices of their fellow peers advocating for these improvements.

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John Wrench: Your New SGA President SARA MORIARTY OPINION EDITOR

Philosophy is one of Pace’s top five majors with the highest unemployment rates. However, this hasn’t stopped Student Government Association’s (SGA) new president elect John Wrench from pursuing what interests him.

“My parents supported my decision to major in philosophy,” John Wrench, junior, said as he sat in his future office as president of Student Government Association.

“They know if you enjoy something enough, you’ll make your own way.”

Wrench is doing all he can to make his own way, and he remains open to new ideas and inspiration from others. He is minoring in both political science and in peace and justice studies, which he believes will complement his major of philosophy and religious studies by providing an understanding of the political system and of conflict management.

Wrench decided as a freshman in high school that he would major in philosophy, a decision that he claimed wasn’t a completely serious one, but most appealing because it “combined everything” (i.e. concepts from different fields of study including history and English).

A teacher in his high school bet that he would change his mind by his senior year, but Wrench stuck with philosophy and still is. He founded a philosophy club at Pace, using his interests to not only continue studying the field but also to get involved on campus and learn how student government works.

Wrench, who has been a senator for a campus organization, realizes that those in student government are representatives of the student body. Senators don’t directly reap the benefits of their work- they work for the student body and those are the people who benefit.

Wrench is planning on making student government more accessible to students through his time in office and plans on tackling many goals which include implementing individual college representatives in senate and new library schedule “I’m not outside experiences that we all have together,” Wrench said. “While I’m representing, I understand the things people are going through.”

His interest in working as a representative and voice of people is also apparent in his career goals.

“I want to be a Foreign Service officer for the state,” said Wrench, who is native to Rochester, New York. “I’d be an ambassador to other countries in the world.”

Wrench, who is interested in a political career track, would be willing to take on all of the duties a Foreign Service officer could have, essentially acting as the representative of the United States in another country. Wrench feels that he can use his experience and his studies to go to another country and meet the duties of a Foreign Service officer, from meeting leaders of the area to developing new initiatives in that country.

“I want to have a far-reaching career,” Wrench said. “I want to have an intense and challenging experience.”

This dream would also satisfy Wrench’s desire for travel, something he feels is important to do before “getting stuck” in a career and foregoing the chance to explore the world.

His parents and older sister encourage worldly exploration and fully support his passion for philosophy and other hobbies.

Wrench has not yet traveled across Europe, but he has explored a passion in music, imparted to him by his father, a musician. Wrench plays the guitar, bass, drums, and played the trumpet in middle school.

His sister has been an example to Wrench, as she has several degrees and influenced him in studying, reading different books, and listening to different types of music.

“My sister is very academic, and she rubbed off on me to be more academic and to be exposed to new ideas,” Wrench said.

The new SGA president will continue to be exposed to new ideas through his time in office and campus involvement. Wrench hopes to spend some time out of the office as well in places such as Pace Perk and other popular hang -out spots on campus to expand SGA from its headquarters in Kessel Student Center.

VOX Literary Magazine Hosts Spring Launch Event EMILY WOLFRUM LAYOUT EDITOR

TAYLOR LONGENBERGER NEWS EDITOR

On Tues. April 29, VOX Arts and Literary Magazine held their spring magazine launch, introducing their latest publication, “Wonderland.”

Held in Butcher Suite, the event recognized the three Pace University students whose contributions received prizes for this semester.

Freshman English major Catharine Conway’s piece “Wonderland” received the Poetry Prize, freshman English and adolescent education major LeeAnn Reynolds’ work “The Mermaid” receive the Prose Prize, marketing major Grazia Bueti received the Art Prize.

“We are getting so many more quality submissions,” said VOX Faculty Advisor Editor Deborah Poe. “It is a great, friendly, warm environment to submit to for your

first publication.”

Poe, who is an assistant professor in Pace’s English and Modern Language Studies Department, attributes the magazine’s quality to a shift that VOX underwent with her advisement.

“When I first came to Pace, VOX was something between a fashion magazine and a yearbook,” Poe said. “With over thirteen years of experience in editing, I wanted the magazine to shift and focus more on literature.”

Featured speaker and alumna Amanda Cerreto read from her young adult novel Fall from Grace.

Though the novel fit the event’s theme of “suspending disbelief,” according to Prose Editor Stacy Wells, Cerreto explained that the book didn’t start that way.

“I hadn’t intended for the novel to be paranormal when I started writing. I began with the middle and it just became that way,” said Cerreto, who majored in literature

during her undergraduate career at Pace.

Cerreto would go on to receive her Masters in English with an emphasis on creative writing, but says that her education at Pace continues to influence her work as a writer.

“Many of the courses that I took at Pace shaped the novel and the way that I write,” she said.

“The poem in the beginning [of Fall from Grace] is based directly from the Romantic poetry course that I took while here.”

The event additionally served as induction ceremony for members of the Sigma Tau Delta English honors society.

“The launch is a great way for students to understand what VOX is and listen to the different voices as writers read their work,” said Vox Poetry Editor Mariam Parwez. “It serves as an outlet for Pace students and faculty, helping [them] to unite through their voice.

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SOCA Hosts the Seven Deadly Sins at Fashion Show SIMONE JOHNSON FEATURED WRITER

Last Saturday the Students of Caribbean Awareness (SOCA) ended Caribash Week, a celebration of Caribbean culture, with a provocative fashion show called the “Seven Deadly Sins”.

22 models donned the creations of ten designers, some of whom were of Caribbean descent.

SOCA, whose members proudly hail from Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, Haiti, Cuba, Antiga and other Caribbean countries opened the show with Envy, Sloth, Greed and Wrath.

Designers included Between Heaven and Hudson, T.G. Bascombe, Living the Dream Apparel, Vacaboun, F.A.M (Forever About Money) and OSOM. Lust followed with steamy Taqiyya Mone’t’s Swimwear and Traci Lynn Fashion Jewelry. The show ended with Gluttony and Pride, with Sunshine Creations and Carnival Costumes respectively.

During the intermission there was a tribute and moment of silence to remember Pace student and defensive back football player, Danroy “DJ” Henry Jr., who was killed October 17,

2010. A senior Megan Haye reminisced about when she knew DJ her freshmen year, commenting on his personality and smile.

“DJ will never be forgotten,” said Haye, ending the tribute by asking audience members to think about justice.

Caribash Week also included Zumba Night, Caribbean Jeaprody and “Don’t Forget the Lyrics”.

“I want people to know that anybody of any ethnicity is welcome to join SOCA” sophomore applied psychology major and SOCA secretary Melissa Adolphe said.

Adolphe also described ideas that the club has for next semester.

“I want to do more fundraising and give back to different places in the Caribbean, like Haiti especially, because they are still suffering from the earthquake in 2010,” Adolphe said. “Also,[ I want to see] more events that will encourage all ethnicities of the Pace community to attend and understand the Caribbean culture more.”

Adolphe will serve as the future SOCA president for the 2014-2015 academic year.

Photos courtsey of Tabitha Colon Freshman adolescent English education major Tabitha Colon models some of the night’s looks

Robert Thomas Jones: A Pace Chronicle Exclusive Interview CECILIA LEVINE

MANAGING EDITOR

One of goals set by The Pace Chronicle this semester was to work with Greek Life in dispelling the negative rumors that have long been surfacing about the organizations.

Among hearsay is the fact that the Assistant Director for Greek Life, Robert Thomas Jones, more commonly referred to by students as RTJ, has been a negative influence on Pace’s Greek community.

The Pace Chronicle sat down with Jones to explore the difficulties that he has faced, from private attacks to public changes.

The Pace Chronicle (TPC): How long have you been at Pace?

Jones: Four years! It will be five in August though I previously worked at University of Texas - Arlington, University of Miami – Ohio and University of Arkansas.

TPC: What are some changes that you have made at Pace?

Jones: Well, structured recruitment! That was me. There is a University expectation for all chapters to participate in their council’s recruitment plans and activities. The council leadership holds chapters accountable for non-involvement. I believe that if a council’s recruitment (which

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is a 365-day process, not just one week or weekend) is strong, chapters have a better opportunity to sustain their chapters above the minimum required number of involved students per chapter (which is six). I also brought in the four different councils; University Panhallenic Council (UPC) , International Fraternity Council (IFC), National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) and National Panhellenic Council (NPHC) TPC: Many students see your role as a controversial one.

Would you agree?

Jones: I do – I work with organizations’ values and some of the deepest changes that I look to make are changes in regards to their values. It can be hard for them to see change. Religion and politics are two values of societies and many individuals would have a difficult time accepting those changes, the same goes for the Greek organizations, so yes, there can be conflicts with students, but only because we’re dealing with values.

TPC: Has your job ever interfered with your social life?

Is it hard for you to separate work associate feelings with personal feelings?

Jones: I used to take things personally, but it’s my eighth year in the profession so I’ve

learned not to. But I am human, and once there were memes that were circulating about me that were created by the students.

There was a picture that said “RTJ is a Grinch.” I just let it roll off my back.

TPC: How do you deal with reported incidents of hazing among Greeks?

Jones: Hazing is not just a Greek issue, it’s a social phenomenon.

One third of students were hazed before college and people should stop associating it with Greek Life and vice versa. People will sometimes send me anonymous emails to try to tip me off to incidents of hazing.

TPC: Can you expand on the anonymous reports of hazing?

Jones: Hazing is so taboo in communities but makes people uncomfortable and folks want change to happen – the emails include tips to me, so I have to figure out the best way to go about dealing with that. Often times there’s not much I can do if nobody is willing to come forward. Either they will be completely anonymous emails, or they will be students who will provide information but request that I keep their names confidential. So, it’s all about the context and if there are enough reports to follow up on. Always respond to the email to try to get

more information but that’s not always successful.

[Pace recognizes National Hazing Prevention week (Sept.

22-26), an opportunity for communities to promote the prevention of hazing, according to HazingPrevention.org].

TPC: What do you think is necessary for change?

Jones: There are three necessary components to a change agent. 60 percent of individuals must agree with you, 30 percent are in the middle and 10 percent will not agree with you at all. Often times this 10 percent is the loudest and the most vocal.

TPC: Is there anything that you want the Pace community to know about Greek Life?

Jones: Greek life is an integral part of this campus [13 percent]. It doesn’t matter if we are all good, that is what’s expected of us – it’s the minimum requirement and we still have to attack what’s bad [i.e. alleged hazing, going above and beyond.] When we do great stuff we’re really great at it which can be seen through the different philanthropies, service work and commitment to leadership.

Greek life has transformed young leaders of the Greek community into competent, confident beings that are prepared for the real world.

FEATURE

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Pace University Hosts Relay for Life Raises almost $40,000 for Cancer Research

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- a modernized compensation for the world in which we are forced to live in. time to stop ignoring racial issues within our youth with our 40 acres and a Macbook sel and see all the same kids sitting comfortably on opposite sides of the cafeteria, it’s Whether it’s the questionable news headlines on Fox News or when we walk into KesWhat is 40 Acres and a MacBook?

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OPINION

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Uncertainty in College and After Graduation SARA MORIARTY OPINION EDITOR

Switching majors is a commonplace occurrence; in fact, it is likely that a student will switch their major more than once while in college.

It’s been said before and I’ll say it again here- it is ok to be unsure of what you want to study or of what career you want to have before you complete four years of undergraduate education.

It is my opinion that we as students are lead to believe that we must pick a major that is tailored

to some career that is of interest to us; we must pick a major that will allow us to make some money while still enjoying what we do, and we then must graduate and immediately receive a job in our field of study. Or, we must go to grad school.

This life path is what high school students and college students, I think, are lead to believe is the only way to success.

Not true.

This semester, I had the opportunity to talk with and interview several professors, Pace faculty, Pace alumni, and other adults with steady and successful careers.

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What I found was that quite a few of these successful individuals were not sure where they would end up when they were studying to receive a BA or BS. Many continued to be unsure of their career paths after they graduated. Their professional lives essentially fell into place with hard work and with an acceptance and appreciation for opportunities afforded to them.

Speaking with these people eased my fears of the future. After switching back and forth between a history major and a communications arts and journalism major, I finally settled on double majoring in history and communications and media arts. I am currently planning on going to law school.

I don’t know what type of law I want to go into, and I am not 100 percent certain that I will be happy on the career path I choose.

I even took an exam to become a police officer as a, as my father put it, “back up plan for a job” should law school not work out or should I need a source of income to pay for law school.

My own father is included in the list of successful adults I spoke to; unsure about his career path and wanting to provide for a family, he decided to become a cop when he was nearly 40, proving that it is never too late to change the course of your life and career.

I am technically in my first semester of junior year, and I felt

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that, as a junior, I should be more certain about my five-year plan and even about my ten-year plan.

But this semester I realized that I don’t have to be so certain about where life will take me. There was a common message from most of the adults I spoke to. They all remained open to opportunities that were presented to them after graduating, and they used the skills they had to open doors for them in other areas and advance themselves throughout the professional world. Some work directly in the same field that their major was in, and others do not; some use skills they received from internships and some decided to go to grad school to either continue studying what they majored in or to study something new.

One got a job within a university and was able thus able to take classes to receive a master’s degree within that university. It’s all about being open to the chances that are given and earned.

Undergraduate majors are important, but what is more important is seeking opportunities to advance yourself, to enhance skills you already have, and to gain new skills that might be beneficial in the future.

Networking can’t hurt either.

If you haven’t changed your major since freshman year and have an almost-definite five-year plan and a way to achieve it, I am jealous. If you don’t, just keep working to make yourself known and explore different fields that interest you, all the while keeping yourself open to new challenges.

Students for Justice in Palestine Organization Coming to Pace NIHAL QAWASMI FEATURED WRITER

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is one of those issues that people continuously hear about but are too desensitized towards it to even bat an eye. For far too long, people have heard about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, yet continue to lump it into this one big ball of a headache, claiming these two sides have been at “war” for far too long over something as baffling as land.

But what defines war? One way to define it is an active conflict between two self-controlling sides that have adequate resources to sustain the unrest. That’s where the term war becomes inapplicable. Continuous checkpoints, illegal settlements, deprivation of necessities, and denial into the holy city, Jerusalem, are a few reasons

that highlight the oppressor/oppressed relationship. The 400mile long apartheid wall, which is comparably bigger to the Berlin wall, is rooted between Palestinian homes, villages, farms, and families, separating loved ones, segregating roads, and limiting movements within Palestinian territories.

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is a student advocacy club making its way to Pace that is directed towards spreading awareness about the injustice Palestinians face under Israeli occupation. SJP’s movement as a social justice group is dedicated to promoting justice, human rights, liberation, and self-determination for the Palestinian people and the world community as a whole. SJP is strictly against the normalization of the problem and believes in the decolonization of Palestinian territories.

Here’s where YOU come in: Students for Justice in Palestine is making its way to both the NYC and Pleasantville campuses! We feel it is important to actively engage and inform students about this major human rights issue, and give them the opportunity and outlet to take action. SJP welcomes all students to take part in our movement and firmly rejects any form of hatred or discrimination against any racial, religious, or ethnic group. We are currently in the process of finalizing our place in the Pace Community and hope to gain as much support as we can from students we know can make a difference.

For far too long, the IsraeliPalestinian conflict has been overlooked and often times one side is largely underrepresented.

When the Pace student body hears of any injustices, it be-

Photo from www.sjpalestine.com comes our obligation as human beings to become the voice of the voiceless. It is our responsibility to do whatever we can to make even the smallest difference. We can no longer stand the desensitization of the conflict and SJP will

serve as a platform for students to rid our community of empty complacency!

For more information on how you can become a part of SJP please contact Nihal Qawasmi at nq20258p@pace.edu

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Bitchy Bosses and Bossy Bitches Scale the Corporate Ladder CECILIA LEVINE

MANAGING EDITOR

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When Nicki Minaj paired two words masked by gender based characteristics together she created a powerful expression which has come into pop-culture as a female slogan.

“Boss Ass Bitch.”

Clearly both B-Words lie on opposite sides of the gender spectrum, but make a confusing case in deciphering the differences between themselves in the corporate world.

Society has placed many genderizing characteristics on both sexes deeming men who exhibit female tendencies weak and vulnerable, and women who react based on pure emotions are abrasive. Those men will be weeded out of natural selection as they may not be able to fend for themselves in hardships, while women who reveal characteristics typical of men and uncommon amongst women, like anger and assertiveness, are accused of PMSing.

Both mortifying and vexing is the need to defend one’s own biological tendencies, specifically those pertaining to the menstrual cycle. Yet, when it’s been confirmed that Mother Nature’s wrath is not expected in our underwear, women are labeled “emotionally unstable”.

Since when were premenstrual hormone fluctuations and warranted feelings of fury and indignation deemed mutually exclusive?

And so, women have developed a learned tendency to act stoic which yet again, leads to further accusation; “she’s a bitch”.

But what if she’s actually not

a bitch? And what if she’s just doing her job and keeping the work place in order? The pencil skirt and heals speak to females who have become high-level executives in once circumscribed male roles of leadership positions. The question begs the discrepancies between being a boss and being a bitch.

The CFO of my first ever corporate gig happened to be both B-Words, she was the HBIC; Head Bitch In Charge. She came to work each day with her breasts fully exposed and pushed up to her chin, nonverbally and forcefully taunting female employees who lacked in the cleavage department. She screamed in the faces of her staff while they were on the phone with clients. “I can’t tell if your dress is ugly, or if you just have small boobs,” she said to one intern.

There was no denying that my former boss dragged a mean streak all over the office like the toilet paper that was often trailing by the soles of her heels. She sat in the corner of the office, but was in perfect ear shot of every cubicle, chiming in to the conversations that were of interest to her yet chastising her employees for bringing personal matters into the office at other times. Her husband, company CEO, had a private office across the hall and often stayed late to have sex with his wife, who would brag about whose desk the two had shagged on the night before. Gross. My boss demanded can after can of Diet Coke from her secretary; the fridge was fully stocked. She yelled her lunch orders through a closed door, and rarely included a please or a thank you.

I found that the personal relationships that my former employer was trying to maintain with her staff was directly interfering with their corporate performances, and frequently jeopardized the company’s retention rates. One girl quit unannounced after just the first day.

And then of course there’s the other side of the coin, in which another former boss of mine wasn’t much of a boss at all. For some pocket money in college I worked as a freelance dancer. Not like the hot, go-go dancers at the clubs, and not like a stripper on a pole, but at bar and bat mitzvahs with 13 year-olds that have too much sexual energy leaking from their acne-covered faces. I’m not quite sure how this boss of mine even landed herself in the managerial role because she could be molded in every which way that her employers wished, some of whom took advantage of her leniency and walked up and down her spine. She stood against the walls of the venue and hesitantly asked questions, all of which should have been in command form.

“So should we do a slow song now?” and “Do you want to get the adults dancing?” were only some of the ambiguous phrases that were not helping this woman prove her authority to me.

The difficulty that many females in leadership positions face comes down to properly balancing boldness and tenderness, both innate characteristics of a woman.

In Rudyard Kipling’s 1911 poem, “The Female of the Species”, he makes the case that women are “more deadly than the male” because of feminine, biological virtues.

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The 11th stanza reads: “Unprovoked and awful charges -- even so the she-bear fights, “Speech that drips, corrodes, and poisons -- even so the cobra bites,…”

Kipling revealed the vicious tendencies of women, who sometimes will undermine others with incisive words in an attempt to climb to the top of the social and corporate ladders. Though females should have an obligation to protect one another, as no man quite understands the liberation that comes with unhooking a bra at the end of the day, or the absolute need to hit the bottom of a pint of Ben and Jerry’s, some women can get carried away with the power that they hold.

Certain female bosses might execute personal attacks on the private lives of her peasants as she sits high and mighty on her throne of monocracy, making it easy for employees to “chuck the deuce up” and start on their journeys to a different job with a healthier atmosphere. But other women can make for fabulous mentors by providing constructive criticism while recognizing the valuable contributions of her staff to the company.

Add one last B-Word to the list.

A Boss Ass Bitch uses her brain instead of holding feminine powers against her inferiors. She utilizes her mental strengths to help others and employs innate characteristics to understand and problem solve while protecting the employees, without the use of cleavage. She is caring and she is kind, but she is firm and she is fair. And people love her, because she’s a Boss Ass Bitch.

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More and more women are climbing the corporate ladder, but is being the boss worth being a bitch?

Young, Broke, and Fabulous: Allergy Season Has Arrived CATHERINE CONOWAY HEALTH AND BEAUTY EDITOR With all of the sneezes, coughs, and piles of tissues going around, it is not a wonder that Spring has sprung at Pace.

Unfortunately with the aftermath of hurricane Sandy and the winter’s record-setting amounts of snow, the amount of precipitation over the Northeast region will leave its inhabitants suffering the most during this allergy season. “[This] promises a robust allergy season,’’ said Leonard Bielory, an allergy and immunology specialist with the Rutgers Center for Environmental Prediction in New Jersey, a state which suffered widespread destruction from Sandy.

With pollen being the most

serious offender during this time of year, a variety of trees, weeds, and grasses are also to blame for the cold like symptoms that plague so many students.

Having sinuses clogged day after day while sneezing 20 times during one class period can be unbearable for students.

All of that plus coughing and having itchy and watery eyes is a combination to never be wished on anyone. Yet people still suffer.

“I’ve been giving myself allergy shots since I was 14 years old,” freshman Nursing major Henry Snyder said, “And even with that, I am still on multiple medications at the same. When I wake up in the morning, I can’t see or breathe. Then I have to drain my sinuses and take my medications. After about half an hour, I can breathe again.”

Is there a way to get rid of

allergies permanently? Nope.

There are no cures for allergies; only temporary fixes to alleviate the discomfort.

So in the meantime, here are some options: Claritin, Zyrtec, Allegra, Benedryl are the most popular over the counter drugs that will help students with their allergy symptoms.

For those opposed to medication, a change in environment is recommended.

They don’t call it Spring Cleaning for nothing, right? Cleaning your room and getting rid of the dust bunnies that have been collecting all winter may help with the discomfort and allow for a better nights sleep.

“My allergies in terms of pollen at Pace aren’t that bad,” freshman Public Relations major Melissa Bergholz said, “But an

Photos from www.health.com increase in dust and mold really bothers my sinuses.”

This time of year is the most important for students, especially with final exams, formals, and having to move out of their dorm rooms at the end of the year.

For some, graduation is coming.

I would hate to be sick on my graduation day.

So for those who are suffering, sneeze and cough no more.

Summer is almost here.

ENTERTAINMENT

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Choate House Shows Talent Cassata Presents the Hudson River Valley Through Art Presentation DEREK KADEMIAN

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

This week the Choate House Gallery displayed the best pieces created by students taking art courses this last semester.

Pieces vary in different mediums, including ceramics, photography, digital design, drawing, and painting, as well as an interactive piece. Curated by Professor Marohn, different pieces from throughout the department were

selected and then put on display.

The pieces reflect similar themes within their courses. For instance, the selection from the painting course features acrylic retrospect’s of classic Rembrandts. The digital design course featured collages, primarily made up of culture or art students admire.

All of the pieces are delightful and shows us that Pace certainly has an artistic side. The Student Art exhibition ends this week.

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Glancing out across the waterway that is carved through the Hudson Valley, artists see the connections between nature and beauty. As the Hudson River attracts many from all around to see, those that live nearby may not even realize the beauty that lies in the body of water that is often just a passing glance on the way to school or work.

Professor Mark Cassata presented the Hudson River Painters, opening the eyes of students to the history of the river just outside of Pace’s realm.

Cassata discussed the progression of industry throughout the

Hudson Valley and other areas along the Hudson River. A display of paintings by Thomas Cole and Asher B. Duran accompanied the presentation.

The Hudson River Painters focused on landscapes depicting the beauty of the nature around the river. All of the paintings include the river in one way or another, and many of the oil paintings were done on-sight, especially in the Coldspring, Beacon, and Newburgh areas.

Like many of the impressionists at the time, the Hudson River Painters use of dramatic color and loose brushstrokes create a passionate expression of nature.

“The pastoral state of the eighteen hundreds is shown in

Photos courtsey of Alexa Lauro The Art Gallery at Choate House is home to student artwork until the end of this week.

many paintings done by the painters,” Cassata said. “Destruction of trees and the dramatic incorporation of the industry-driven metropolis grew into the paintings, questioning society.”

Cassata explained that the middle class, who had a deeper appreciation for natural beauty and art, bought the landscapes.

With the Hudson Valley’s farming prominence the paintings grew in popularity to the masses.

Exhibits of the Hudson River Painter’s work have been displayed all over the Hudson Valley. For interest in learning more about the Hudson River Painters contact Mark Cassata or visit one of the many exhibits throughout the country.

Photos from the Athenaeum Views of the Beacon Hills, painted by one of the Hudson Valley painters, Asher B. Duran.

Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems

Computer Club Come join the Computer Club on Wednesday’s at 12:15-1:15p.m at G300 in the Goldstein Academic Center. Free PIZZA will be served.

Any questions contact Patrick Prescott at pp40879p@pace.edu.

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Summer I: CIS122 - Advanced Spreadsheet Skills (only 4 weeks!)

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General Information If you would like to learn more information about the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems contact Patricia Brogan at pbrogan@pace.edu.

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As the Cookie Crumbles...

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Side Chick Culture and the Other Woman CRISTINA CUDUCO COLUMNIST

One of the greatest scandals to riddle a romantic relationship might be the presence of a “sidechick”.

The term remains a guilty synonym for a woman with whom one’s significant other is cheating with, and while a guy could fill the role of the “side-chick”, the boast of having one is or being one is a label that many submissively accept, despite the sentiments of disrespect that come with the unwarranted position.

Those significant others that flaunt their arm candy may provide any number of reasons for the presence of a side-chick, but ultimately, unless both partners consent to a polyamorous or open relationship, your romantic partnership shouldn’t be anything more than a duo.

Now I’m bringing this topic up for several reasons, the first being that this weekend I watched the long anticipated film The Other Woman. The movie follows three women, a wife (Leslie Mann), a mistress (Cameron Diaz), and essentially, a side-chick (Kate Upton), as they plot their revenge on a miserable cheating scoundrel.

The Other Woman had many opportunities to be a cheesy woman-hating film, and yet it was executed tastefully in a way that was hilarious and heartwarming.

I went into the film expecting an adult version of John Tucker Must Die (2006), a screenplay about three girls who catch their boy toy romantically involved with the others, and The Other Woman absolutely delivered just that – but an adult version. I hadn’t just accounted the stipulations of such a version: every element of a film about doublecrossing women but managed to convey such a storyline sans the cheesiness.

While in the walls of a high school, any “John Tucker” would likely find it extremely difficult to string along three girls at the same time, because even if they belong to different cliques, gossip still runs rampant in the halls. In the adult world though, scheduling various women may prove difficult to taken men. In the case of Mark King (Nikolaj CosterWaldau), the naïve wife, highpowered mistress, and ditzy sidechick are separated by state lines, servicing different women did not seem to be a challenge. Mark lied to all three women, convincing each that she is his one and only. Unearthing his secrets initially caused a great deal of pain amongst the three, as well as a strong friendship bonded by the glue of revenge.

Never allowing the original chick and side chick(s) to meet is something that a person can

swing with vast effort; it happens on college campuses all the time.

Which brings me to my next point: having another relationship behind the back of a significant other is a very real and even relevant to Pace.

Senior criminal justice major Christine Vega does not support the concept of a chick on the side, and her answer which included the three words “I think no” required no more verbal expansion or mental thought.

Other students provided more reasoning behind their mostly negative sentiments.

“I don’t think it’s okay at all,” junior childhood education major Ashley Edwards said. “It’s betraying someone else’s trust.”

The element of respect seemed to be present for sophomore management major Kristyn Quinton.

“Personally, I would never want to be a side [chick] because it would lower my self esteem to be regarded in such a way.”

The term that has been thrown around so many times already can be seen as demeaning; being in someone’s peripherals instead of head-on, so to speak, can easily make individuals feel insignificant at best.

“Before, I used to have side [chicks] because I didn’t have strong feelings for the girl that I was with” said computer science major Madeline Barrios. “I came to the realization that it’s wrong – you should give your all to the person you’re with or not be with them at all.”

Other students were not so bothered by the topic.

“Well, as a side-chick, I kinda enjoy it, I hate sneaking around, but hopefully that won’t be a problem soon,” said one anonymous student.

Perhaps this is the type of person people in relationships fear.

While some are comfortable with the idea of maintaining a girl, or guy, on the side, the general sentiment seems to be that of disdain.

In a monogamous relationship, a side anything is not ok.

If in fact the relationship is open or polyamorous and all parties – S.O included – are made aware of the presence of the lady or man their partner is sleeping with, it shouldn’t be an issue. In such a case, the term side-chick shouldn’t be necessary.

The Other Woman provides insight to the pain that comes with discovering the presence of another person in your otherwise romantic relationship. College is the perfect environment for the unfolding of such events and I strongly encourage men and women alike to pay the money necessary to be walked the motions of such a discovery in The Other Woman.

PDA Takes On a Whole New Meaning SARA MORIARTY Opinion Editor

Lights dimmed and speakers crackled in last Thursday and Friday evenings in Gottesman as a crowd gathered to enjoy the first full-length play put on by the Pace Drama Alliance (PDA). Spring Awakening was the first performance of many in the coming semesters, according to members of PDA. Members of PDA, several of whom had no prior acting experience, took the stage and performed Spring Awakening, a play that deals with heavy issues—from sexuality to death—of the 19th century.

“I am beyond proud of the Pace Drama Alliance,” said the play’s director and Pace student Zanali Razvi, who also acted in the play. “We really pulled it together in only four weeks.”

The student actors held a variety show in Woodward Hall in Briarcliff last semester which paved the way for PDA to produce more performances. PDA wants to continue expanding their presence on campus and providing a creative outlet for students. This is something the PDA advisor, Professor Leo Boylan, thinks is necessary for the Pleasantville campus.

Boylan has been with the Pace Drama Alliance since its establishment, and was excited to have put on a successful first full production.

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Photo provided by Sara Moriarty Members of PDA after their performance of Spring Awakening “We have a very talented, hardworking crew that put on a beautiful show,” Boylan said.

“Eventually, the Pace Drama Alliance will be an off-off Broadway on the Hudson.”

Spectators and cast members both agree that PDA should make a tradition of putting on full productions.

“They were wonderful, and should definitely put on more plays,” spectator and senior Dana Merolesi said.

Cast members were thrilled to have put on what they deemed to be a successful production, and they look forward to, as president of PDA and sophomore Traci Buchanan put it, “getting the Pace Drama Alliance’s name on the

map.”

The Pace Drama Alliance provides an excellent creative outlet for students attending the Pleasantville campus, according to all members of the club. Members made clear that no prior acting experience is needed to join or to perform, but dedication to the performances is a must.

“This first show proves that PDA helps to show the potential of many students,” sophomore psychology major Eric MedinaRivera said. “The cast was one of a kind and everyone worked really hard.”

For more information on how to become involved with PDA, email club president Traci Buchanan.

Spirit Squad Looks to Take Next Step

NATALIA ALVAREZ PAGAN SPORTS EDITOR

Pace Athletics has seen various changes in the past year, from an entirely new coaching staff to fields that will begin construction over the summer. Keeping pace with the times, the Spirit Squad – Pace’s combined cheer and dance teams- will make the next move next year with the help of cheerleading coach, Christine Farina, who was hired in April.

Farina, a seasoned veteran who has served as Hofstra University’s Head Cheerleading Coach for the past 11 years, marks a new era in Pace cheerleading as she hopes to prepare the squad for competition.

Tryouts for the squad were held Sunday night at the Goldstein Fitness Center. Farina acknowledged that the team has its ways to go in order to be ready to compete, but does express some optimism.

“It’s certainly going to be a challenge because they are not quite at the level they need to be just yet” said Farina, who has led her Hofstra teams to the UCA Small Coed National Cheerleading Championships seven of eight years from 2006-13. “It’s going to take a lot of work. They need to be focused and they need to be able to master repition of skills. But I have high expectations, I won’t settle for mediocre.”

While a lot of work needs to be done, Farina acknowledges that there isn’t much that can be done as of yet. The bare minimum for competition is a membership of 20 or more, however, Pace’s squad is still less than that.

Insufficient membership makes it hard for Farina to be selective with the members, but that doesn’t mean that she won’t bring in the very best that meet her requirements.

Perhaps the most important element for Farina is to have “wellrounded” cheerleaders who can do it all- tumbling, gymnastics, and stunting being the most important.

Farina also looks for those with a strong mentality that will work hard and compete at a high level. “[Farina] knows exactly how to push the team to the best of our abilities”, said Spirit Squad member and accounting major Vanessa McWilliams, who feels that her coach seems to be what the team needs in order to succeed.

March 2015 is when competitions are scheduled to start, and a strong mentality is necessary for what’s to come for the pre-season.

Farina places emphasis on choreography along with one other particular that must be improved upon.

“They really need to build up that stamina and get accustomed to that because of all that is needed for a competitive routine,” Fa-

rina said.

Despite the major adjustments that need to be made in order to compete at the next level, it comes at the right time, as Pace has begun its transformation with the Master Plan and all that it brings.

Farina acknowledged the campus growth as a great opportunity for her team to expand and improve as well.

The changes to the campus and the impact it has on the future are what prompted this next step in the first place, as noted by Assistant Athletic Director for External Operations Zach Dayton.

“With all that’s going on I think now is a great time to really try and enhance the game day atmosphere, and the cheer and dance teams are a huge part of that” Dayton said. “I think in our area, cheerleading is very popular so I think it’s a good time to really try and take a new direction.”

Baby steps are being taken, as the team will compete at the regional level at first in order to “get their feet wet”. From there the team will be able to experience what it’s like to travel together and to compete.

With a new chapter unfolding for Pace Athletics, the cheerleading team looks to enhance the game day atmosphere and bring in more school spirit, one cheer at a time.

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Battle of the Campuses Serves as Community Builder JAMES MIRANDA FEATURED WRITER

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Campus bragging rights went to the New York City campus on Sunday, April 27t, as they defeated the Pleasantville campus 84-82 in an intramural basketball matchup in Goldstein Fitness Center.

Two games were played as the two campuses battled it outbasketball was held at the Pleasantville campus, while volleyball was held down in New York City. “[The game] is definitely for bragging rights,” said senior and information technology major Kai Smith. “[The winner] gets a trophy so that is very nice; it is a well setup event, so it is fun to play. Everything is great.”

911 Fiya (New York City team) took home the trophy, but for the players it’s not just about the materialistic winnings. It’s a chance for both teams to represent their respective sides of Pace’s campuses.

“It’s to win bragging rights, but it’s also for the trophy,” said junior and criminal justice major Alex Ahumada. “We want to take it home and keep it in New York City.”

Ahumada might want to keep it in New York City, but the trophy stays with the winners until the next round of play the following semester.

Ahumada also mentioned that the City’s intramural soccer team had previously beaten Pleasantville in another “Battle of the Campuses” matchup.

“I think this event is cool; [we] definitely have a chance to

Photo provided by Dave Eismeier Dem Boyz, the winners of the 2014 intramural basketball game

have a little pride in our campus,” Ahumada said. “I definitely want the City campus to take home the basketball trophy because we already got the soccer one. So we want to prove who the better athletes are.”

That remains to be seen and while the City campus emerged victorious in the basketball matchup, the Pleasantville volleyball team, the Pace Makers, did defeat the New York City “All-Stars”, winning set 1 25-18 and set 2 25-23.

Putting the competition aside though, this game and other intramural sports serve as an integral part of showing school spirit and getting involved. This game served as a reminder that sports are for fun and can be a way to unite people together with common goals and qualities.

“This gives both campuses some school spirit and makes them have some bragging rights,” said Smith. “It’s something to cheer about.”

That feeling of campus pride is exactly what Jeremy Pouncey, Assistant Athletic Director of Facilities and Campus Recreation was hoping for when organizing this event with Ramon Montague, the New York City Director of Intramurals and Recreation.

While the event has taken place before in the past, it hasn’t been consistent over the years because of difficulties organizing the event.

“Because it hasn’t really worked out in the past we really made a strong push to make it happen this semester” Pouncey said. “We really put through a

Photo provided by Aly Marchino The Pace Makers, winners of the 2014 intramural volleyball game strong effort via social media sites like Twitter as well as our website.”

All the planning and effort paid off, as both games ran smoothly, providing students and faculty from both campuses the opportunity to meet new people and form new relationships.

“It definitely helps out with just getting people active and it definitely builds bonds,” said Ahumada.

Thanks to the success of the event, both directors are working on continuing the event each year, as well as extending it to the other intramural leagues.

“Right now we were looking to just get this thing off the ground and then continue doing it in the upcoming semesters” said Pouncey. “It’s a great way to really foster relationships between the two campuses and build up a friendly rivalry.”

For now, the city campus has emerged as the Champions with 2 of 3 wins, but there are plenty more competitions to come for the future.

For more information on intramural games, visit the pacesettersathletics website and visit the Intramurals page under the departments tab.

Meet the Trainers: A Look at the Athletic Training Staff NATALIA ALVAREZ PAGAN SPORTS EDITOR

The mix of young and old Pace veterans and rookies find themselves helping the student athletes at Pace on a daily basis. They have been able to form meaningful relationships with athletic teams and even non-athletes in the community, as demonstrated by the many students that walk in to athletic trainers’ office just to spend some time with their caregivers.

Here is a look at some of their interests and reasons why they decided to pursue careers as trainers.

Danielle Govan: The newest member to the Pace trainers staff, Govan joined the team as the Assistant Athletic Trainer about a year ago.

Govan grew up in an athletic environment, having picked up skiing at the age of six. Becoming a skier has given Govan the

opportunity to travel to various countries, her favorites being Germany and Austria.

“Skiing has allowed me to travel to such breathtaking places, which is something I love,” Govan said. “But when it comes to it, I just love having that adrenaline you get right out of the gates, being outside with the wind in my face.”

Govan enjoys the relationships that trainers build with student athletes, and after suffering many injuries of her own throughout her life, Govan fell in love with the idea of helping other athletes like her.

Despite falling in love with the courses she took, Govan’s inspiration to turn to the athletic medical field came from her old Head Athletic Trainer at her school, where she found a role model in which to follow.

“He always had such charisma and energy towards everyone,” Govan said. “His smile would

light up a room. He always made everyone smile regardless of their injury, and I think that really showed me how this job should be done and the impact you can have on students.”

Phil Ryder: Entering his fifth year as Athletic Trainer at Pace, Ryder found himself drawn into the medical field. He found a love for helping athletes, and enjoyed the bonds that were formed at the collegiate level.

“It’s a great place to be, I really enjoy the people that I get to work with” said Ryder, who graduated from Springfield College in Massachusetts.

Words of wisdom from Ryder’s podiatrist helped him stay on track, knowing that the world of college athletics could be quite challenging.

“He basically told me that if I was really interested in working in this field I couldn’t let the difficulties of a college program

scare me away,” Ryder said. “I found it was definitely worth it in the end.”

On his down time Ryder enjoys to stay active, and healthy, as he does some strength and conditioning of his own, as well as other exercises that help him bring more to his every-day job.

Barry Moriarty: Moriarty is the Head Athletic Trainer at Pace, making him the veteran of the group with 33 years of services to Pace so far.

He began his career early on in high school, as he was asked to be the student manager of the football team. He describes how since there were no trainers at the school, he was “dumped” with those responsibilities.

“I pretty much self-taught myself to be a trainer,” Moriarty said.

“But I ended up liking it, and then I found out that you could major in it, well back then it was a concentration. I really enjoyed being around the team.”

Once he graduated high school, Moriarty also found himself at Springfield College in Massachusetts, and later at the University of New Hampshire.

He was fortunate enough to be accepted into the program, thanks to his old football coach who was friends with the head athletic trainer.

When he isn’t helping student-athletes, or teaching at the College of Health Professions, Moriarty can be trying to get a hole-in-one at the golf course.

While football and basketball didn’t work out for Moriarty because of knee problems, golf has been the one sport that has stuck with Moriarty over the years, providing him with a “nice release” from reality.

Moriarty also enjoys spending time with his wife Eileen and three children- Taralyn, Rebecca and Connor.